The Bishop of Bujumbura, Evariste Ngoyagoye (R) pays his respects December 31, 2003, to Michael Courtney, the Vatican ambassador to Burundi, who was shot and killed in an ambush outside the capital on Monday. The assassination has threatened the peace process in Burundi, where Courtney was helping to negotiate an end to 10 years of civil [war] that has killed some 300,000 people.

The Bishop of Bujumbura, Evariste Ngoyagoye (R) pays his respects December 31, 2003, to Michael Courtney, the Vatican ambassador to Burundi, who was shot and killed in an ambush outside the capital on Monday. The assassination has threatened the peace process in Burundi, where Courtney was helping to negotiate an end to 10 years of civil [war] that has killed some 300,000 people.